Receptacle



July s ,1924. 1,500,142

' F. MADLE RECEPTACLE Filed June 27. 1923 Patented July 8, 1924.

FRANK IVIADLE, F BERWYN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO CRUVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OIE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

REGEPTACLE.

Application 1ed June 27, 1923.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK MADLE, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois, have invented` certain new and useful Improvements in and for Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in receptacles, such as the so-called vanity cases and the likeand has for its main object to provide devices of this character which are very durable and cheap, besides being very ornamental in appearance.

The invention relates more particularly to the class of devices of various kinds which .are made and sold mainly for free distribution as advertising novelties and which include containers or receptacles and embraces such devices as tape-measures, savings banks, etc., made in part of and generally covered with celluloid.

An exemplary construction of a container or receptacle adapted for the purposes and uses aforesaid embodying the present invention, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. l is a central vertical section of a container constructed in accordance with t-he invention.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l showing the container parts assembled preparatory to performing the final finishing operations whereby the several component elements thereof are brought into the positions or relations shown in Fig. l, the cover element shown in Fig. l being omitted from Fig. 2.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail section of an upper corner of the container, illustrative of af' modification in construction.

Figs. 4 and 5 are perspective views ofthe receptacle showing a powder puff contained therein provided with a ribbon adapted to project from the receptacle and constituting a ready means for easily removing the cover.

members or heads l and 2, preferably of sheet metal, and ay cylindrical or peripheral shell or wall 3 preferably of celluloid ori similar decorativematerial, the shape of the heads land 2 determining the shape of the wall 3.

Each of the vheads 1 and 2 is formed with peripheral flanges 4 extending substantially The receptacle comprises top and bottom v vl is provided with a large central opening vprojecting into the receptacle. Vmember 9 of sheet metal is provided which consists of a fiat ring, the central opening Y10, the free edge substantially paral el with the pla-ne of said Serial No. 647,968.

perpendicularly to the planes of said heads and having their free edges 5 turned back or folded over to extend substantially parallel with the main portions thereof to provide annular or peripheral grooves 6 adapted to receive the edge portions of the strip of Celluloid constituting the peripheral or circuinferential wall 3 of the receptacle. Preferably the flanges 4 are bent between their ends so that the opposed walls of the grooves 6 are slightly flared with respect to the base portions of said flanges so that as the edges of the wall-strip 3 are' inserted into the said grooves 6 they will be slightly bent with respect to the body portion of said strip. The length of the latter is such that the ends thereof closely abut against each other when the edges thereof are contained in said grooves and said abutting ends may be suitably cemented together either preceding or following the final operations of contracting the grooves 6 to clamp the edges of the wall-strip 3 therein and turning or bending the portions of the flanges 4 constituting the walls of the grooves 6 to extend substantially parallel with the planes of the heads l and 2, as shown in Fig. l, whereby the edges of theV wall-strip 3 contained in the grooves 6 are bent to constitute periph# eral edge flanges of said strip. The base portions of the flanges 4 contiguous to their j unctures with the bodies of the heads l and 2, provide annular shoulders against which the wall-strip 3 is held and which prevent collapse of the said, wall under the influence Yof external pressure exerted thereon.

The receptacle thus produced presents a peripheral or circumferential wall bordered by annular outwardly projecting flanges affording ready means for securing a disk. 7

ceptacle.

In the instance illustrated, the upper head bordered by an annular flange 8 preferably A cover of which is bordered by an annular flange ortion of which extends -moval of the Cover.

ring and is odset therefrom, affording an annular support for a mirror 11 or similar element. The latter is held in place by the Celluloid disk 12 which Completely covers the body of the ring 9 and the central opening thereof. The outer edge of said ring 9 is provided with an annular flange 13 which, together with the flange 10, provides an annular groove adapted to receive the body portion of the head 1, including the upper annular flange bordering the wall 3. The Celluloid covering` 12 of the member 9 extends around the flange 13 and is thus held in place thereon. The substantially cylindrical portion of the flange 10 snugly fits the central opening of the head 1 to effect sealing of the box. The said flange 10 thus performs two distinct functions in that it constitutes a frame for the mirror and also the closure element for the receptacle. The flange 13 with its covering of Celluloid, projects over the upper flange of the receptacle when the cover is in place so that the whole device has the appearance` of being made of Celluloid.

Instead of bending the upper flange to project outwardly from the receptacle, as shown in Fig. 1, the upper head may be fou-nd substantially as shown in Fig. 3 wherein the flange 14, corresponding to the flange 4 of Fig. 1, may be retained substantially in the position shown in Fig. 2 and the circumferential wall 15, of Celluloid (preferably) clamped in the annular groove 16, corresponding-to the groove 6 of Figs. 1 and 2. The flange 16, Corresponding to the flange 8 of Figs. 1 andf2, is disposed at a higher elevation and preferably so that the upper edge of said flange is flush with the outermost portion of the wall of 'the groove 16.

The purpose of this modification is to bring theoutermost peripheral edge of the cover of ythe receptacle into the' cylindrical l'plane of the outermost edge of the flange bordering the bottom of the receptacle, the Vextreme diameters of the receptacle and Cover being thus rendered substantially coincident.

I have found in practice, that it sometimes happens that the cover is so securely frictionally held in place on the receptaclejas lto make its removal a matter of some difficulty and, to overcome this, I preferably provide a flexible element, such as a loop or strip 17 of thin ribbon which, in the instance illustrated, `is secured to a powder-pun 18 or similar device contained in the receptacle and which projects therefrom. The said flexible strip prevents continuous or annular Contact between the interfitting flanges of the cover and receptacle, respectively, and consequent lgreat frictional resistance lto re- A slight pull on the ribbon serves to release the cover.

The Construction shown may be otherwise varied to adapt it to particular purposes without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

equipped with a peripheral flange overlapping the peripheral wall lof same, and a covering of Celluloid or the like embracing said last-named flange of said cover and extending over the body and lCentral opening of said cover for holding said mirror or the like in place in said frame.

2. A receptacle of the kind specified including a pair of metallic heads and a peripheral Celluloid wall ysecured to said heads, one of the latter having a central opening bordered by a flange, a closure member for said opening Comprising a metal disk having an edge flange adapted to overlap the peripheral wall and having a central opening bordered by a flange including a part adapted to snugly fit and be frictionally held in place by said flange borderingthe opening in said head and a part constituting ya support for a mirror or the like, a mirror or the like mounted on said supporting part and held against lateral movement by the part of said flange engaging in the opening in the head, and Celluloid Coverings mounted on the other head of said receptacle and lon said closure member Aand completely Covering the peripheral flange of the latter and holding said mirror upon the supporting portion of said flange `bordering the central opening in said Closure member.

3. A receptacle yof the kind specified including a pair of metallic heads and a peripheral Celluloid wall secured to said heads, one fof the latter having a Central opening bordered by a flange, a Closure member for said opening comprising a metal disk having an edge flange adapted to overlap the peripheral wall and having a central opening bordered by a flange including a part adaptedto snugly fit and be frictionally held in place 'by said flange bordering the opening in said head and a part constituting a support for a mirror or the like, a ymirror or the like mounted on said supportingpart and held against lateral movement Jby the part of said flange engaging in the opening in the head, and Celluloid coverings mounted on the other head of said 'receptacle and on said closure member and completely covering the peripheral flange of the latter and the former and projecting from the periphholding said mirror upon the supporting eral portion of the receptacle and digitally portion of said flange bordering the central engageable to eEeot release of the cover 10 opening in said closure member, and a leX- from the receptacle.

5 ible strip engaged between its ends between In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set the opposed flanges of the head and closure my hand. member when the latter is mounted upon FRANK MADLE. 

